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No. 6|2,459. t Patented Oct. I8, |898.

' 0. L. REEVES.

CAR DOOR.

(Application filed Aug. 26, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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CAR-DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,459, dated October18, 1898.

Application led August 26 l 8 9 7.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR L. REEvEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ridge, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Car-Doors; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable oth-ers skilled in the art to whichitappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to car-doors, the invention residing particularlyin the mechanism for locking the door and the means for operating thesame.

The invention consists of the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more Yfully describedand claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this speci- Iication, Figure 1represents an end view of a car, showing the application of myinvention, the door being in its locked position. Fig. 2 is a similarview with the door in its open position. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionon the line :c m of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of thepivotally-mounted locking member.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

In the rear end l of the car a rectangular opening 2 is formed, in frontof which moves the door 3. Secured to the car and located just above theopening 2 is a horizontal supporting-rail 4f, upon which the door 3 issuspended by means of -hangers 5 5, having hooked upper ends which litover and .bear upon the top surface of said rail. Said hangers 5 arecountersunk in the door 3, so as to present no projecting surfaces.Located just beneath the opening 2 are a series of guides or stops 6 6,within which the lower edge of the-door 3 moves. Secured to the car uponone side of the opening 2 is a vertically-disposed batten 7, havingarabbeted inner edge adjacent to the opening 2, within which the innerside edge of the door 3 is adapted to lit when the same is in its closedposition. The side edge of the opening 2 opposite the batten 7 is formedwith a vertically-disposed recess S, which terminates at points adjacentto the upper and lower ends of the car. Vithin this be turned.

recess fits a strip of angle-iron 9, constituting Serial No. 649,638.(No model.)

the movable member of my locking device.I The upper and lower ends ofthe member 9 have pintles 10 10 formed upon them, which iit withinsuitable guides in the car and .adapt the strip of angle-iron to beturned one-fourth of a revolution. The lower pintle 10 has a crank-arm11 formed upon it, constituting a handle by means of which the member 9may One leaf of the stripof angle-iron 9 is formed with a projecting lug12, having an opening 13 in it, which is adapted to receive the end ofthe hasp 14, which is secured to the door 3 and projects slightly beyondone edge thereof. The projecting end of said hasp has an opening 15 init, into which is in serted when it is desired to lock the door awedge-shaped pin or key 1G. By this means it is impossible for thedoorto become unlocked, as the greater' the jar the tighter the pin 16will fit within the opening in said hasp. A handle 17 is provided uponthe outside of the door3 for permitting the latter to be moved for thepurpose of opening or closing the car.

The operation of my device is as follows: With the parts in their lockedposition, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, it is merely necessary inorder to open the door to remove the pin 16 from the opening 15 and turnthe pivoted member 9, by means of the crank-arm 11, upon the lowerpintle 10, so that the leaf containing the opening 13 lies liush withthe outer surface of the car, the other leaf thereof fitting within therecess 8. The said door is then free to be moved outwardly into theposition shown in Fig. 2, no obstruction whatever being given by thepivoted member 9 of the lock. To close and lock the door, a reverseoperation to that just described should be performed.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a simple andeffective lock for a car-door which at the same time will serve toprotect the contents of the car against fire by completely closing theopening between the door and the ear itself. 4This I do by means of thestrip of angle-iron 9, which constitutes the movable member o f my lock.When one of the leaves thereof is in operative position for lockingV thedoor, the other lies iush with the outer surface of the car and preventsthe entrance of anything from without. When said movable member is inthe hasp lt lits serves to complete the closure between the door and theinterior of the car. Having noW described my invention, What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with aslidin g door having a hasp projecting beyondone edge thereof, of a pivotally-mounted strip of angle-iron movable ina recess in the door-frame, one of the leaves of said strip having aslot or opening therein for the reception of the projecting end of saidhasp, and both of said leaves adapted to lit Within and completely closesaid recess according to the position of said strip, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination With a door-frame having a vertically-disposed recesstherein, of a sliding door having a hasp projecting beyond one edgethereof, a disappearing locking member made of a strip of angle-ironadapted to be completely inclosed by said recess and having a slot inone leaf thereof for the reception of said hasp and mounted to turn insaid recess, one or the other of the leaves of said member serving tocompletely close said recess Whether in its 4locked or unlockedposition, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A car having a door-opening in one end thereof and avertically-disposed recess adjacent to one edge of said opening, aguiderail above said door-opening, and stops or guides beneath saidopening, in combination with a door having hangers upon its upper endwhich move upon said rail and a hasp projecting beyond one of the sideedges thereof having an opening in its end, a strip of angle-ironfitting Within said recess, one of the leaves thereof being providedwith an opening for the reception of the projecting end of said hasp andboth of said leaves adapted to iit Within and completely close saidrecess, and pintles upon the upper and lower ends of said strip one ofwhich is provided With a crank-arm, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

OSCAR L. REEVES.

Vitnesses:

N. A. GIBSON, M. K. REEVES.

